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1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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Conference
  
Big Ten Conference

AP
  
No. 18

Head coach
  
Lou Henson

Coaches
  
No. 18

1989–90 record
  
21–8 (11–7 Big Ten)

Assistant coach
  
Dick Nagy

1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The 1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

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Regular season

Coming off the Final Four season a year earlier, Illinois went 21-8 overall, 11-7 in the Big Ten in 1990. Kendall Gill, a senior, became the first player since Ken Norman in 1987 to average 20 points per game. Gill was named a First-Team All-American by UPI. Gill led the Big Ten in scoring and was a finalist for the John Wooden Player of the Year Award. He was the fifth overall pick in the NBA draft, going to the Charlotte Hornets.

Team

  • Head Coach Lou Henson (15th year at Illinois)

    • Schedule

    Source

    Awards and honors

  • Kendall Gill
  • Consensus 2nd team All-American
  • United Press International 1st team All-American
  • Associated Press 3rd team All-American
  • National Association of Basketball Coaches 3rd team All-American
  • Team Most Valuable Player
  • Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)
  • Deon Thomas
  • Fighting Illini All-Century team (2005)

    • NCAA basketball tournament

  • Midwest
  • Dayton 88, Illinois 86

    • References

    1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team Wikipedia
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